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Hungary’s Viktor Orbán to meet Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Moscow for energy talks
Orbán seeks to secure Hungary’s energy supply amid US sanctions exemption and discusses Ukraine peace efforts with Putin, while Hungary imports over 8.5 million tons of Russian crude oil yearly.
- On Friday Viktor Orbán, Hungarian Prime Minister, will meet Vladimir Putin, Russian President, in Moscow to discuss crude oil and gas supplies for Hungary as peace efforts are also expected to come up, with Orbán saying, `We can hardly avoid that`.
- With Hungary importing 8.5 million tons of crude oil and more than 7 billion cubic meters of gas from Russia this year, Viktor Orbán, Hungarian Prime Minister, seeks to secure supplies after obtaining a US sanctions exemption earlier this month.
- The talks may include Paks 2 issues and potential sales of sanctioned refineries as Vladimir Putin is open to discussing the Paks 2 nuclear plant and Viktor Orbán seeks Russian energy assets.
- The trip, his second since last year, heightens concerns about EU cohesion as Viktor Orbán, Hungarian Prime Minister, breaks with European Union leaders favoring sanctions ahead of April's parliamentary elections.
- European efforts to shape a peace settlement run alongside energy-focused talks in Moscow as the US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff is expected next week amid Serbia’s fuel crisis and Bulgaria seizing Lukoil's Neftohim refinery.
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